Hi von_miguel,
I have started body weight training about two years ago. I still dont consider myself an experienced athlete, but when I started, I was a complete noob, and knew nothing about the topic. I have done some reading, and it helps a lot. The very first source I read was Convict Conditioning. I think its a very nice book to start with. I understood the basic concepts of working out from it. It also gives a nice outline how to make your calisthenics training progressive by practicing harder and harder versions of a given exercise. It starts from ridiculously easy exercises and ends with impossible-to-perform ones. I really like the method it proposes, and I follow it mainly. On the other hand, the author of the book has a bit of one-sided view in some topics, so dont believe everything blindly, complete your knowledge from other sources too. Thats how I have been doing it.
Nice one mate. I train by CC methods aswell. Lovin it. And you're right, coach does have some strong opinions about other types of training, and its always wise to filter it accordingly. But if you do give some consideration to some of the points he makes, they actually make very much sense. I see and/or read how he's points hit the nail daily.
People who say his approach doesn't work, are probably a)too inpatient or b)they dont believe you can get gains by sticking to the methods suggested and thus ditch it. (as in "how can two sets of 10 be enough for the entire chest workout??")
People who approach this sort of conditioning from a perspective of how people train at a gym, are destined to fail.